Economics 104B – Prof. Fazzari
Course Outline, Lecture Notes, and Calendar

 

 

Use this link for the detailed course outline, which also is a table of contents for the lecture notes.  The calendar below shows the topics on the outline discussed during each lecture.

 

Use the links below to download the lecture note files for each major section of the course

 

Introductory Material

I.       The Concerns of Macroeconomics

II.      Macroeconomic Data

III,     Intro to Macro Theory:  The Supply Side and the Demand Side

IV.    Major Components of the Economy

V.     Demand-Side Theory:  Keynesian Macroeconomics

VI.    Inflation and Unemployment:  The Phillips Curve

VII.   Monetary Economics

VIII.  Determination of Potential Output:  The Supply Side

IX.    Capital Markets with Output at Potential Levels

 

 

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

 

1.  January 17
Intro. Material and topic I.A.1

2.  January 19
I.A.2 - I.B.3

3.  January 22
I.B.4 - II.A.3.a

4.  January 24
II.A.3.b - II.A.3.e

5. January 26
II.A.3.f – II.A.4

6.  January 29
II.A.5 – II.A.6.a

7.  January 31
II.A.6.b and  II.D.1

8.  February 2
II.D.2 – II.D.3

9.  February 5
II.D.4 – II.D.5.b

10.  February 7
II.D.5.c – II.D.5.e

11. February 9
II.D.5.f – II.D.5.i

12.  February 12
III.A

13.  February 14

III.B

14.  February 16

Exam #1

15.  February 19
III.C – III.D

16.  February 21
IV.A.1 – IV.A.3.a

17.  February 23
IV.A.3.b – IV.A.4.a

18.  February 26

IV.A.4.b – IV.B.3

19.  February 28

IV.B.4

20.  March 2

IV.B.4.c – IV.C.1

21.  March 5

IV.C.2 – IV.C.4

22. March 7
IV.C.5 – IV.C.9.a

23.  March 9
IV.C.9.b – IV.C.10

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

24.  March 19
IV.D

25.  March 21
V.A.1

26.  March 23
V.A.2 – V.A.3

27.  March 26
V.B.1 – V.B.3

28.  March 28
V.B.3 – V.B.6

29.  March 30

Exam #2

30.  April 2
VI.A – VI.B

31.  April 4
VI.C

32.  April 6
VII.A

33.  April 9
VII.B – VII.C.1

34.  April 11
VII.B.2 – VII.B.4

35.  April 13
VII.B.5 – VIII.A.1

36.  April 16
VIII.A.2 – VIII.C.4

37.  April 18
VIII.C.5 – VIII.D.3

38.  April 20
VIII.D.4 – VIII.D.6

39.  April 23
IX.A – IX.B

40.  April 25
IX.C

41.  April 27

Exam #3